napalm_linux/linux.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from netmiko.exceptions import (
 )
 from napalm.base.exceptions import ConnectionException, ConnectionClosedException
 from napalm.base.netmiko_helpers import netmiko_args
-from napalm_device_types import FingerprintRule, OSDriver
+from napalm_device_types import FingerprintRule, KernelFactsMixin, OSDriver
 from napalm_device_types.models import (
     ApplyUpdatesResultDict,
     CronJobDict,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def _short_image_id(raw: str) -> str:
     return raw.strip().removeprefix("sha256:")[:12]
 
 
-class LinuxDriver(OSDriver):
+class LinuxDriver(KernelFactsMixin, OSDriver):
     """NAPALM driver for generic Linux systems.
 
     Connects via SSH (netmiko ``linux`` device type) and auto-detects the
@@ -840,6 +840,14 @@ class LinuxDriver(OSDriver):
             }
         }
 
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # KernelFactsMixin – the transport for get_kernel_facts
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _run_kernel_facts_command(self, command: str) -> str:
+        """The transport for ``KernelFactsMixin.get_kernel_facts``: read-only, no sudo."""
+        return self._send(command, read_timeout=60)
+
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
     # OSDriver – package management
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------

pyproject.toml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "napalm>=4.0",
-    "napalm-device-types>=0.3.0",
+    "napalm-device-types>=2.1.0",
     "netmiko>=4.0.0",
     "paramiko>=5.0.0",  # CVE-2026-44405
 ]

tests/test_linux.py

@@ -1145,3 +1145,38 @@ class TestUninstallExitStatus:
         result = driver.uninstall_package("wazuh-agent")
 
         assert result["success"] is False
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# get_kernel_facts -- the command and its parse live in napalm-device-types
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _kernel_wire(report: str) -> str:
+    import base64
+    import gzip
+
+    return "KFACTS_BEGIN\n" + base64.encodebytes(gzip.compress(report.encode())).decode() + "KFACTS_END"
+
+
+def test_get_kernel_facts_carries_the_shared_command_across(driver):
+    from napalm_device_types import KernelFactsMixin
+    from napalm_device_types.kernel import KERNEL_FACTS_COMMAND
+
+    assert isinstance(driver, KernelFactsMixin)
+
+    report = "[release]\n6.1.0-25-amd64\n[loaded]\ntipc\n[available]\nkernel/net/tipc/tipc.ko.xz\n"
+    with patch.object(driver, "_send", return_value=_kernel_wire(report)) as send:
+        facts = driver.get_kernel_facts()
+
+    assert send.call_args.args[0] == KERNEL_FACTS_COMMAND
+    assert facts["release"] == "6.1.0-25-amd64"
+    assert facts["loaded"] == ["tipc"]
+    assert facts["available"] == ["tipc"]
+    assert facts["builtin"] is None
+
+
+def test_get_kernel_facts_raises_on_output_without_a_report(driver):
+    with patch.object(driver, "_send", return_value="sh: base64: not found"):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            driver.get_kernel_facts()